How to Use paillette in a Sentence

paillette

noun

• It was made of silver paillettes that adorned the body with studded leather sleeves.
  — Kate Young, Vogue, 17 May 2018
• A pointillist landscape on an egg-shape cape turned out to be made from thousands of tiny fur paillettes.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 July 2017
• The women strutted and danced as their dresses billowed in the evening air and paillettes twinkled in the spotlights.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
• Some of the dresses were covered with metallic paillettes for a looks that are nighttime chic, yet clearly meant to be worn in the day.
  — Elizabeth Wellington, Philly.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• Pattern clashed with print and paillettes — polka dot with florals and stripes with leopard spots — but the easy shapes kept it in line.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2017
• Altuzarra’s mermaid-like paillette dresses that jingled their way to close out the show.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2022
• For the occasion, Larson wore a cropped eyelash paillette top paired with high-waist floor-length navy trousers.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 11 July 2022
• Even gold paillette gowns were juxtaposed with stompy black lace-up platforms.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2022
• Johnson’s dress employed a trompe l’oeil effect in the form of an oversize bow on her left hip that was furnished with twinkling paillettes.
  — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2018
• But when breaking the paillette mold, embrace vibrant hues like deep purple, red, and garnet.
  — Laura Lajiness, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2021
• The front boasted a panel that was covered in metallic paillettes, while the side panels seemed to be made of a golden woven fabric.
  — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 24 Apr. 2018
• So for the film’s premiere the actress dressed as matinee idol in a vibrant and glamorous dress of reflective paillettes by Armani Privé.
  — Vogue, 27 May 2019
• Social Media Loves Shine In one of the closer races, sequins and paillettes beat out scarf dressing with a narrow 53 percent win.
  — Vogue, 18 Dec. 2018
• For its Fall 2013 Artisanal show, the studio team decked it out with flower paillettes to echo the floral arrangements on tops and dresses.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2018
• Look after look was a marvel: a men’s knit tie and shirt paired with knit pants constructed to look pinstriped, and next, a party dress made of leather paillettes the color of avocado.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Feb. 2023
• The turtleneck gown featured exaggerated sleeves and a train — with sequins and paillettes all over for a dramatic look fitting of her character in the film, Birdie Jay.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2023
• The sheer top was crafted from tulle, and embellished with mother-of-pearl paillettes, crystal seed beads, Swarovski crystals, and satin-colored buttons; according to the brand, this portion of the dress took 1,826 hours alone to make.
  — Ana Colón, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2018
• Her Schiaparelli Couture hologram gown, hand-beaded with silver paillettes and gold stars, makes her not just a phoenix, but a goddess, too.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Sep. 2019
• And while there were plenty of sartorial award winners—sequins, feathers, and paillettes, oh my!—attention must be also paid to the showstopping beauty looks that graced the red carpet this evening.
  — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2018
• And there were intarsia farm scenes in furs, coats dripping fringe made of mother-of-pearl buttons instead of paillettes, and a wedding nondress finale featuring a bride in a short black puffer coat with a long black puffer train.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2017
• With thousands of gold paillettes covering the tight georgette gown, Harris brought the drama and even managed to overshadow the towering set pieces and props that filled the Microsoft Theatre.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2018
• The adornment was little, but there was character in Halston’s swirling batik treatments or the aquatic glisten of an uncolored sequin paillette.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 14 May 2021
• Unfortunately the sheer weight of the paillette embroidering did not always cut the most flattering of shapes on some of the tights, all be them finely executed.
  — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 24 Jan. 2022
• There is a silver dress in the collection that appears to be made of elongated metal paillettes, but the show notes reveal it was made from a loom’s heddles cut into sequins and studded with bugle beads.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2019
• The high-shine silver paillette design, featuring a low neck and short hem that Khloé wore on stage, was first spotted on her older sister, Kourtney Kardashian, one year prior.
  — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 9 Feb. 2022
• Our advice: Experiment with pearls arranged in a graphic wing (seen above), fresh buds in a haphazard design, or even just holographic paillettes strewn everywhere.
  — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 22 Mar. 2017
• Switching into a rainbow paillette–covered dress from Attico post-show, Perry continued her pattern of upbeat fashions.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2017
• His paillette flats from 2015 became one of fashion’s most recognizable shoes, recurring season after season in exuberant new textures and materials.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2019
• The Lebanese designer reimagined traditional Chinese drawings through embroideries with sequins, paillettes and sparkle that depicted fauna and flora; elements, the house said, that represent powerful protective spirits in Eastern legend.
  — Washington Post, 3 July 2019

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